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The scientists who developed LunestaTM (eszopiclone) set out to find a safe and effective way to give people a peaceful, uninterrupted night's sleep; one where people could fall asleep quickly, stay asleep through the night with fewer interruptions, and wake up feeling refreshed. And our scientists have done just that.

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That vagina shaped toon is HOT. Meeeeooooowwwww.

How Pregnancy Happens - Flash Animation

One of the most enigmatic microscopic life forms is the amoeba. Almost everyone
knows what amoeba are, which is quite remarkable since they are not that
common. Microorganisms like rotifers are much easier to find but drop the
name 'rotifer' in a conversation and most people will not know what you
are talking about. But mention the word 'amoeba' and people will say: 'Yes,
you mean those critters that can take any shape they like!'

I have these motherfuckers in my gut. They keep coming back. 'Chronic Amoebic Dysentary', apparently of the 'drug resistant' variety. WOOT.

Never take fecal free water for granted. Oh, and bring a bottle-water filter with you to India... and don't even brush your teeth with tap water.

Mic-UK [site A]: Amoebas are more than just blobs

NEW DELHI -- Three months ago, Howard Staab learned that he suffered from a life-threatening heart condition and would have to undergo surgery at a cost of up to $200,000 -- an impossible sum for the 53-year-old carpenter from Durham, N.C., who has no health insurance.

So he outsourced the job to India.

Howard Staab, who had a life-threatening heart condition requiring surgery, went to India with his partner, Maggi Grace, in search of affordable care. (John Lancaster -- The Washington Post)

Taking his cue from cost-cutting U.S. businesses, Staab last month flew about 7,500 miles to the Indian capital, where doctors at the Escorts Heart Institute & Research Centre -- a sleek aluminum-colored building across the street from a bicycle-rickshaw stand -- replaced his balky heart valve with one harvested from a pig. Total bill: about $10,000, including round-trip airfare and a planned side trip to the Taj Mahal.

All your major, non-emergency-room healthcare is belong to India and Thailand. Check out Goa or Phuket while you're there.

Surgeries, Side Trips for 'Medical Tourists' (washingtonpost.com)

Beautiful Agony is dedicated to the beauty of human orgasm. This may be the most erotic thing you have ever seen, yet the only nudity it contains is the baring of beautiful souls.

beautiful agony - facettes de la petite mort

The role of the enteric nervous system is to manage every aspect of digestion, from the esophagus to the stomach, small intestine and colon. The second brain, or little brain, accomplishes all that with the same tools as the big brain, a sophisticated nearly self-contained network of neural circuitry, neurotransmitters and proteins.

The independence is a function of the enteric nervous system's complexity.

The Other Brain Also Deals With Many Woes

Vipassana, which means to see things as they really are, is one of India's most ancient techniques of meditation. It was rediscovered by Gotama Buddha more than 2500 years ago and was taught by him as a universal remedy for universal ills, i.e., an Art Of Living.
This non-sectarian technique aims for the total eradication of mental impurities and the resultant highest happiness of full liberation. Healing, not merely the curing of diseases, but the essential healing of human suffering, is its purpose.

Vipassana is a way of self-transformation through self-observation. It focuses on the deep interconnection between mind and body, which can be experienced directly by disciplined attention to the physical sensations that form the life of the body, and that continuously interconnect and condition the life of the mind. It is this observation-based, self-exploratory journey to the common root of mind and body that dissolves mental impurity, resulting in a balanced mind full of love and compassion.

The scientific laws that operate one's thoughts, feelings, judgements and sensations become clear. Through direct experience, the nature of how one grows or regresses, how one produces suffering or frees oneself from suffering is understood. Life becomes characterized by increased awareness, non-delusion, self-control and peace.

There are no charges for the courses - not even to cover the cost of food and accommodation. All expenses are met by donations from people who, having completed a course and experienced the benefits of Vipassana, wish to give others the opportunity to also benefit.

Why hack the planet when you can hack yourself? Rootor your mind, d00d. For real. It works. This will make you a better haxor. Those 10 days were the hardest thing I have ever done. But it was also the best thing I have ever done. There is a center near you. Try before you buy.

Vipassana Meditation Website

Kimbo Slice is the guy in the white shorts. He is an underground boxer, that will fight anyone, anytime, anyplace, for between $5,000 and $10,000. Backed by a Miami porn site mogul, he has these fights for a living until he goes pro. Which he is looking to do, in UFC or something. So, if you wanna throw down with Kimbo then you'd better hurry up. Otherwise you'll have to assault him or go pro to get a piece.

It has been argued that he was on PCP, or a short acting anabolic agent popular with Mike Tyson, that stimulates extreme aggression. But the guy went to prison for 10 years, and was probably raped before he got that big, so I think he just has an enormous amount of aggression and experience in fighting.

You decide. For me: Kimbo is my hero either way. He is way tough.

kimboslice@hotmail.com if you want to throw down.

Meet Kimbo Slice. Do not anger Kimbo. Kimbo is teh tough.

I love you, you love me...
We're a neurodiverse family.

Neurodiversity Forever

] TRIM5-alpha stymies HIV but not SIV, which explains why
] monkeys can contract only one of the two viruses. "The
] maintenance of a strong block to HIV-1 in Old World
] monkeys implies a selective advantage, presumably imposed
] by the presence of HIV-1-like viruses during the
] evolution of this primate lineage," the scientists write,
] adding that although humans carry a version of
] TRIM5-alpha, it is not as effective in thwarting HIV
] transmission.

Science & Technology at Scientific American.com: Monkey Protein Blocks HIV